What's the most useful skill you've gained from therapy?

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My therapist calls my tendency to catastrophise / see things in black and white "stinky thinking", and honestly that makes it so much easier to not take my anxiety too seriously!

Joseph Dodson · Accepted Answer

I learned that you should not be afraid to talk about your feelings I grew up in home where doing that just wasn't done and if you did you were weak but threw therapy I've learned talking about you feelings doesn't make you any less of a man

Joachim · Answer

Mhh, I'd say it's more about "thinking around" all of my supposedly negative traits, and finding what positives they bring. Nothing is so bad that it's not good for something.

That way it's also easier to know which you should prioritize in improving.

Ron · Answer

I learned the idea that you are not your thoughts and emotions. Instead they are a part of you mind. And if you learn and work on making friends with them instead of fighting them you can start to understand why they are there. And if you think of all the energy we waste fighting the anxiety or whatever it is. It makes sense to befriend that part of you and accept it and work with it on the healing journey.

Kamla · Answer

From the time I did it I learned absolutely nothing 🥲

David · Answer

Cognitive distortions. “Is this helping? Or is it true?” no. “So why are you thinking it”. Idk

Manuel · Answer

I learned how to smile through pain

Logan · Answer

What I have learned from running group therapy In the facility that i work in is that people who can relate to one another gain skills from each other wihout knowing it because they are able to encourage one another, build each other up, and develop long term friendships and use the tools they where given too help others they encounter. It's one of the reasons I enjoy group therapy so much.

What's the most useful skill you've gained from therapy?

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Mhh, I'd say it's more about "thinking around" all of my supposedly negative traits, and finding what positives they bring. Nothing is so bad that it's not good for something. That way it's also easier to know which you should prioritize in improving.

Cognitive distortions. “Is this helping? Or is it true?” no. “So why are you thinking it”. Idk

I learned how to smile through pain

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